Tories take the lead in Vale (From Penarth Times)

Tories take the lead in Vale

8:25am Friday 9th May 2008

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THE Conservatives are to lead the Vale of Glamorgan Council following last week's local elections.

Tory Leader David Cameron flew to the Vale on Friday morning to congratulate his local party members on their win.

Encouraging the new councillors to keep Council Tax as low as possible and work towards tackling issues such as crime on the streets, he said: "Let's take it to the general election."

The Conservatives won 25 seats - one more than the 24 they needed to achieve overall control.

Labour casualties in Penarth were Rhiannon Birch and Nigel Gibbs in the Cornerswell Ward, who were replaced by the Conservatives' John Fraser and Dorothy Turne.

Lis Burnett also lost out in St Augustine's ward, her Labour seat being picked up by Sophie Williams for the Tories.

It means Janice Birch and Mark Wilson are the only Labour councillors for the Penarth area.

Dinas Powys residents re-elected all four Plaid representatives, and Sully and Llandough's Conservative councillors also remained in place.

VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Party Total Seats +/-

CONSERVATIVE 25 +5

LABOUR 13 -3

PLAID CYMRU 6 -2

INDEPENDENT 3 =

CORNERSWELL WARD

Fraser, John - Conservative 775 (Elected) Turne, Dorothy - Conservative 760 (Elected) Birch, Rhiannon - Labour 660 Gibbs, Nigel - Labour 640 Evans, Alwyn - Plaid Cymru 406

DINAS POWYS

Hartrey, Val - Plaid Cymru 1647 (Elected) Randall, Margaret - Plaid Cymru 1463 (Elected) Hatton, Keith - Plaid Cymru 1446 (Elected) Williams, Christopher - Plaid Cymru 1396 (Elected) Driscoll, Vince - Conservative 1303 Foxwell, Robert - Conservative 1292 Robertson, Andy - Conservative 1258 Lewis, Sian - Conservative 1256 Davies, Jill - Labour 496 Davies, Terry - Labour 439 Moses, John - Labour 397 Harrison, Frances - Labour 326

LLANDOUGH

Osborne, Colin - Conservative 317 (Elected) King, Peter - Labour 234 Thomas, Steven - Plaid Cymru 165

PLYMOUTH

Kelly Owen, Maureen - Conservative 1345 (Elected) Williams, Clive - Conservative 1313 (Elected) Johnson, Tracey - Labour 480 Curran, Charles - Labour 450 Pritchard, Iorwerth - Plaid Cymru 375

ST AUGUSTINES

Church, Paul - Conservative 919 (Elected) Williams, Sophie - Conservative 824 (Elected) Burnett, Lis - Labour 743 Roberts, Gwyn - Labour 648 Ap Glyn, Niclas - Plaid Cymru 376 Wilton, David - Plaid Cymru 346

STANWELL

Birch, Janice - Labour 495 (Elected) Wilson, Mark - Labour 473 (Elected) Ferris, John - Conservative 468 Jones, Anthony - Conservative 440 Phelps, Margaret - Lib Dem 219 Roper, Adrian - Plaid Cyru 191 Lovering, Stuart - Lib Dem 180

SULLY

Sharpe, Sarah - Conservative 939 (Elected) Ernest, Anthony - Conservative 906 (Elected) Davies, Malcolm - Independent 397 Rapier, Phillip - Labour and Co-op 304 Brown, Neil - Independent 246 Grigg, Richard - Plaid Cymru 190 Evans, Phillip - Plaid Cymru 148

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